LIKE YOU USED TO DO
(Duncan / Jones)


as recorded by Maureen Evans
1963


Why can't you sigh like you used to sigh?
Why can't you smile like you used to smile?
You say there is no other, there's no-one new,
So why can't you love me like you used to do?

Why can't we kiss like we used to kiss? (used to kiss)
All I can do now is reminisce! (reminisce)
Once we were breathless lovers, each wish came true,
So why can't you love me like you used to do? (like you used to do)

You seem so far away, yet you are near,
I'm living in the past but you are here!

Now that I've given my heart to you, (heart to you)
Why can't the old magic start anew? (start anew)
Don't say my dream is over, don't say we're through,
My love, please love me like you used to do! (like you used to do)

You seem so far away, yet you are near,
I'm living in the past but you are here!

Now that I've given my heart to you,
Why can't the old magic start anew?
Don't say the dream is over, don't say we're through,
My love, please love me like you used to do,
My love, please love me like you used to do!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - August 2020)